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- From: Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Fencing the market garden
- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:35:20 -0500
Hi!
I'm looking to fence a 4 acre market garden for this coming season. The purpose of the fence is to keep out cows, sheep, goats, dogs, humans, rabbits ground hogs and foxes. (It's amazing how destructive foxes can be in a raised bed garden!) I'll worry about the deer later.
Economics is important here, as is ease of installation.
I'm very attracted by 'horse fence,' which is a woven fencing with 1x4 openings. Unfortunately, it sells for about $1 a foot. America wire, with its 6x5 inch 'holes,' sells for about 30 cents a foot. Welded wire is even cheaper, but it does not tighten to the posts well (or easily) and it can be broken by heavy animals.
I'd like to hear what your experience with garden fencing has been. Maybe the 48inch American wire with the small openings at the bottom would be all that I need, but it seems that foxes (and probably rabbits) would just climb through the larger openings.
Your suggestions will be appreciated
Allan Balliett
Loudoun Co, VA
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Fencing the market garden,
Allan Balliett, 12/20/2001
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Ron Malor, 12/20/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Mmneedham, 12/20/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, SuzanneSFC, 12/20/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Peter Worsley, 12/20/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Allan Balliett, 12/20/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Jim and Julie Vaughn, 12/21/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Leigh, 12/21/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, MMQuiteCon, 12/21/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Allan Balliett, 12/21/2001
- Re: Fencing the market garden, Leigh, 12/21/2001
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